Jeremiah 13:7:10Jer.13.7.W10TAB

נִשְׁחַ֣ת

nishkhat

it was spoiled

Transliteration
nish-KHAT
Extended
nihsh-KHAT
IPA
/niʃˈħat/

Meaning by language

English
it was spoiled

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Result
נִשְׁ + חַ֣ת
nish + khat
nishkhat

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    nish-KHAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR

  3. clause

    ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

  4. sentence

    va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

Exegesis

In the result, Niphal perfect nishchat {נִשְׁחַ֣ת | niš-ḥat} ‘was ruined’ precedes the noun ha-ezor to depict utter spoilage.

Root and etymology

š-ḥ-tshin–chet–tav

spoil, ruin

In contextJeremiah 13:7

So I went to Perath and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the waistband was ruined, and it would not succeed for anything.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁחַ֣ת (nishkhat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.7.W10.S1) and character.